Leadership Quotes from the World’s Greatest Leaders

 There are a variety of leadership quotes to choose from, depending on what you need inspiration for today. These inspirational statements can help you to become a better leader, regardless of the situation. Here are some of the most famous and well-respected leadership quotes from history.

 1. “The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.”-Sir Winston Churchill

2. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”-Max DePree

3. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”-Aristotle

4. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants doing, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”-Theodore Roosevelt

5. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”-Rosalynn Canter

6. “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”-Sam Walton

7. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”-Andrew Carnegie

8. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”-Bill Gate

9. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway.”-Eleanor Roosevelt

10. “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.”-Benjamine Frankel

11. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”-Maya Angelou

12. “It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”-Nelson Mandala

13. “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal or any goal.”-Vince Lombardi

14. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”-Harvey Firestone

15. “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.”-Margert Rather

16. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”-Laozi

17. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”-Marget Mead

18. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”-Johan Quincy Adam

19. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”-Mantra Luther king

20. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”-Steven Jove

21. “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”-Rosa Parks

22. “Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”-Warner Benearr

23. “Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”-Ralpha Walson

24. “If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.”-Mamata Gandhi

25. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted with something and that this thing must be attained.”-Marine Cruise